Believe Quote by Terry Bozzio

I think the thing that I got most from working with Frank Zappa is that I was able to see someone who completely independent.…

— Steve Vai

Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from…

— Vaclav Havel

My dad was a big Frank Zappa fan, so I remember listening to a lot of Frank Zappa. Girls do not like Frank Zappa.

— Bill Hader

Frank [Zappa]'s music was never for the mass audience. His music contains specific kinds of information that you won't find elsewhere in rock and…

— Gail Zappa

Zappa was very technical and impressed by things that were musically challenging - weird time signatures, strange keys, awkward chord sequences. Zappa was important…

— Brian Eno

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

— Rick Wakeman

People like Frank Zappa and Bryan Ferry knew we could pick and choose from the history of music, stick things together looking for friction…

— Brian Eno

I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of…

— Idara Victor

Frank Zappa... was Beethoven for insane rock guys.

— Scott Ian

I learned a lot about what I do with my craft, how I present my music. A lot of things about him were very…

— Paul Anka

My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.

— Tom Waits

“I don’t recall the moment when I officially became a storyteller—a talented liar—but here I must quote Simon Ortiz, the Acoma Pueblo writer, who…

— Sherman Alexie